Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Mo Peicong returned to the main mansion, and a moment later, a large group of messengers rushed out, and soon the entire Shenglong Mansion was in commotion, and even this kind of commotion spread to Beihe inland as the messengers left the city. 【new】-

The time turned to the evening, and the assistant officials of the five prefectures who had finished their meal gathered in the main hall of the main mansion. Several guards who were closer to each other---the Later Li Dynasty imitated the Tang system and set up thirteen roads in the local area. Zhongxing In the Li Dynasty, it was changed to a town, and senior military officers were appointed to guard and hold the main power of a town, so as to reflect the characteristics of Zheng Zhu's military regime-at this time, he also hurried back from the station.

Under the candlelight, the meeting officially started.First of all, Mo Peicong relayed Zheng Fan's request and promise to the Beihe officials present. Some of them already knew the details, so they seemed calm, and some of them didn't know it beforehand. I was shocked.

When Mo Peicong's words fell to the ground, someone immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, the northerners are tricking you, and you must not agree to it."

Everyone looked around, but it was Chen Yide, Marquis of Shunde who was an accompanying academician as the head of the Imperial Academy. They saw this Marquis of Chen came out to salute, and then said: "Gao Ping was taken back from Mo Ni by my Wang family through untold hardships. , the north of the Xuanjiang River is also mostly dangerous mountain passes, just like Yanyun and the Song Dynasty, and now the northerners want to take away the false name of the Cochin King, which is simply a joke.”

Everyone present nodded, yes, now Emperor Li is called the sitting emperor, and Lord Zheng is called the standing emperor. The canonization of Ming Zheng is nothing more than an acknowledgment of the fact. Even if there is no such edict, the master of Annan can turn it over no.

However, even though all the civil and military officials of the Li Wei Dynasty understood this truth, they could not but worry about the threat of Zheng Fan, so Hu Aoping, a scholar of the National Academy of History, came out to the side of the military officials to head the government affairs and department of the five armies. The government official asked: "Beilu said that if he doesn't agree, he will come with troops, and he doesn't know that the five governments can resist with confidence."

The Dudufu of the Five Armies in Annan is the Zhongjunfu, the Nanjunfu, the Xijunfu, the Dongjunfu, and the Beijunfu. It is not exactly the same as the Dudufu of the Five Armies named around the Ming Dynasty. [New] Unlike the five military governors' mansions of the Ming Dynasty that were never full, each of Annan's five army governors' mansions has two real-time left and right governors, so there are a total of about ten highest-ranking military generals at the governor's level. Among them, each government either chooses the left or the right to be in charge of the government affairs, and to participate in the government affairs of the main government, but the highest military power is in the hands of Zheng Zhu or Zheng Zhu's son who is titled "temperance".

Therefore, several officials in charge of the government and officials of the government who were nothing more than high-ranking messengers looked at each other. Among them, Zheng Tuo, the uncle of Zheng Gen, the current Lord Zheng, and Zheng Tuo, Duke of Anxi County, responded: "I'm afraid it can't be done."

Why not? The reason is very simple. The total number of Lord Zheng's army is less than 4, of which the number of "excellent soldiers" recruited from the three counties of Qinghua Town, Tsinghua Town and the [-] counties of Nhe'an Town as a standing army is no more than [-] The remaining more than [-] people are mainly "one soldier" who is also a soldier and a farmer, and a soldier and a farmer.

The 5000 "superior soldiers" were divided into 6000 people guarding (monitoring) Li Huang, 4000 people guarding Lord Zheng, and [-] people staying in Qinghua's lair, and the "one soldier" was the main force stationed in the place.However, the "first soldiers" are not only paid poorly, but also have extremely weak weapons and equipment, and even seldom practice. The peasants and soldiers who are not able to use swords and guns are used to resist the strong enemy in the north.

Moreover, Zheng Tuo has an unspeakable secret that cannot be revealed.That is, the "excellent soldiers" who are the foundation of Lord Zheng's rule have already been as extravagant and difficult to control as the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and are vulnerable to a single blow.

Before Hu Aoping could speak, another attendant beside him blurted out and asked, "Why not!"

Zheng Tuo glanced at the imperial censor named Ding Chaoyi, and replied lightly: "Master Ding, it has been 15 years since the Lord's Mansion and Ruan Ni made peace with each other, and the soldiers from all over the country have not practiced it." , How can we defeat Zheng Jun who defeated the Qing army.[ ]”

Ding Chao's eyes twitched slightly. He knew that he had asked a wrong question. He had to know that the truce between the Lord's Mansion and Lord Ruan was because the current Lord Zheng, Zheng Gen, was forced to stop when he was the son of the prince and led the army to attack the Ruan family in the south. Peaceful, at this time he exposed his scars, how could he know that he would not offend the dictator above.

Therefore, while peeking at Zheng Gen's expression from the corner of his eyes, he asked righteously and sternly: "More than a year ago, the Lord's Mansion made an appointment with Ming Zheng to attack Ruan Ni. I remember training for a while at that time." Generals and soldiers in those days, how come the Duke of Anxi said that the soldiers have been out of control for a long time, maybe they are afraid of the northern captives."

This question is rooted in the fact that after calling Zheng Fan a nephew, Master Zheng did train for a period of time according to the agreement, but he stopped soon. On the one hand, it is certainly because of lack of financial resources, and on the other hand, after many years of peace, Fear of war from top to bottom was at play, and in the final analysis, this matter could eventually be brought to the head of Zheng Gen, who was content with pleasure.

Zheng Tuo noticed the change in Zheng Gen's face, and smiled secretly, but his tone of response was still very gentle: "Master Ding, we should wait for warriors to die on the battlefield, and we don't have any intention of being afraid of difficulties, but mobilizing the army is It costs money, does your lord know when Beilu will send troops?"

That's right, Lord Zheng is in a dilemma now. If he mobilizes the army to resist, he doesn't know when Ming Zheng will come. Dajun, Zheng Jun came over all at once, and that would be the end of it too.

Ding Chaoyi was speechless, and Li Yongnan, a soldier at the side, took a step forward: "I think the Ming people are still confronting the Qing Dynasty, and the so-called Nanqing is nothing more than a big threat, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Master Li," Mo Peicong stood up again. "According to the envoy of Ming Zheng, Qing and Zheng are already negotiating a peace." This news shocked everyone present again. Yes, once the two mortal enemies in the north temporarily shake hands and make peace, then Ming Zheng's army going south is not a lie . "Of course, this may also be the other party's bluff, but we can't help but guard against it."

"Could the Lord's Mansion ask Hong Maoyi to come forward to help?" Li Enguang, the elder of the country who had been silent for a long time, asked. "One of the non-negotiable things for the northern captives is to exclude the influence of the Netherlands on Annan. Presumably the red-haired barbarians will be very annoyed if they know it. In this way, the main palace may use the barbarians to control the barbarians and maintain the current situation."

"It's not that Hongmaoyi has never fought Beilu before, and it's not that he couldn't do anything to him." Li Fanfu Yang Daobao stood up and denied. "Moreover, the interests of the red-haired barbarians in Annan are far less profound than those of Daming's commercial interests, and Daming is not nervous that the red-haired barbarians continue to do business in Annan. The ministers think that the red-haired barbarians may not necessarily stand up for the main government."

Everyone was silent for a while, yes, you can't win a war, and you can't fight for your interests, so what should you do.

At this time, Li Yongfu, who served as the minister of Dali Temple, came out and said: "I think that Ming Zheng did not want to ask for Annan's territory, otherwise this article will not be allowed to be discussed."

One sentence dispelled the haze of war in front of the people present, and Zheng Rang, the governor of Taiyuan and the Duke of Shaoyang County, came out and said: "What Master Li said is very true, what King Xia wants is to control the pricing power and tax-free treatment, and for the northerners to settle in Annan, Buying a house and opening a store are not subject to exploitative treatment, as for the relationship between the main mansion and the barbarians in Thailand and the West? Do we have anything else besides the red-haired barbarians?"

"In this way, it seems that it is not important to set up envoys in Thang Long and various ports." Although the official positions of Li Yanghou and Yibin Zhang Taizhuo are not obvious among the crowd, he is Zheng Gen's son-in-law, so his words may represent Zheng Gen meant it. "Zuo is just that King Xia was worried about the integrity of Annan's officials, so he deliberately placed it in order to protect the Ming people."

After Zhang Taizhuo said, the people in the hall were obviously divided into two factions, but most people basically tended to accept B and C, but on the first one, everyone agreed that they would never agree, so Zheng Gen on the throne ordered Mo to accompany him. Continue to negotiate with the envoy.However, the matter did not come to an end. The people below also had different opinions on whether to accept Ming Zheng's suggestion to exile Emperor Li, and then Lord Zheng to officially ascend the throne.

In a sense, getting rid of Li Huang is actually beneficial. At least the redundant political structure can be streamlined, the original large expenditure of enshrining Li Huang can be saved, and the army protecting Li Huang can be used elsewhere , not to mention that there must be another reward for the new king's enthronement.Therefore, the majority were inclined to accept Ming Zheng's proposal, but although there were many advantages, there were also many disadvantages, the most critical of which was the attitude of Lord Ruan in the south.

"The envoys of the Ming Dynasty used the so-called top, middle and bottom three strategies to deal with Guangnan, and the lowest strategy is not advisable." This is natural. Once Mingzheng swallowed Guangnan, Annan would be surrounded by Mingzheng's north-south lines and sea routes. , By this time, Annan may become a thorn in the flesh that hinders the connection between the two territories of Ming and Zheng. "The best strategy is to annex Guangnan from the main mansion. It is not so easy to realize. The minister thought that he should ask Daming to confer the Ruan family together. The two sides will make a brotherhood and eliminate the war."

The person who spoke was only thinking of acknowledging the reality, but the hatred between Zheng and Ruan was not so easily alleviated. Just now, the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies was still fearful of Ming Zheng, but now they are full of confidence in the Shang Ruan family: "I think it's impossible."

Why not, because Ming Zheng gave a large amount of weapons support, and also agreed to dispatch a transport fleet to help transport troops.

"The ministers thought that the Li family would leave immediately, and that the main mansion had obtained a large amount of military equipment from the north, so that they would have the power to unify the whole country."

Those who advocate the unification of force think that they have to fight once anyway, and if they can't win, let Daming come forward to mediate or even establish the two emperors side by side. In short, they can't even try once.

Opponents believe that it has been tried many times before, and now it is just a waste of national power, and it is just cheap Ming Zheng, who has ulterior motives for Annan.

Both sides had some reasons, so Zheng Gen, who was hard to make a decision, said: "Let's discuss whether to go south or not. If there is no other suggestion for making a contract with Daming, we will try our best not to cede the country, but we have allowed Daming to speak up on everything." , the relationship with the Hongmaoyi will also continue in secret."